When spirited and privileged Rena accepts a customer service job instead of the management position she applied for, her life takes a big turn. On the first day, intriguing co-worker, Clarice, knocks the sting out of her disappointment about the misleading job posting. In this touching story, as two girls who appear to have little in common become close friends, the silver lining is that each ends up appreciating what she learns from the other, and those lessons help them acknowledge struggles with their mothers.

After Penny Sue's parents whisk her away from her home and the grandparents she loves, she spends years blaming herself for disrupting the lives of all the adults she knows. Her self-loathing only gets worse when her alcoholic mother lashes out at anyone who tries to help her daughter and the only way she can deal with it all is by keeping songs in her heart. When she finally hits real stages and adds applause to the other addictions she picked up along the way, it seems even her escape isn't really what she thought it was. This story of music, addictions, and difficult family dynamics spans ages seven through twenty-two in Penny's life - fifties through seventies.

If Emil's father didn't own most everything and everyone in Terre Bluff, Emil would probably be delivering pizzas or stocking shelves instead of holding the title of mayor. Only a well-funded, unethical campaign could put a man with Emil's level of incompetence in office but neither funding nor mimicking his father's lack of ethics won him the respect of independence he wanted from his father. When his nephews take his father's Jaguar for a joyride and it ends up crashing through the front of a grocery store, Emil is determined to find a fall guy for the calamity, hoping to finally win daddy's heart. If only he were better at it . . .

Emil Lampost, who is barely able to cross the street without assistance, and Harland Fell, a qualified candidate with a clear vision for his hometown, compete for the mayor's office in Terre Bluff. When Emil's yard signs and bumper stickers show up everywhere, even in Harland's yard and on his car, it is clear to everyone that Emil Lampost and his well-connected, unethical family will do anything to put him in office. This zany but sadly familiar look at the world of political campaigns shows how easily voters can be fooled, even by a dishonest politician who might not be able to spell his own name without cue cards.

Fun for the whole family! This SwankyDoodleSandy coloring book has something for everyone: some sparse pages that will work well for young hands with crayons, some busy pages that lend themselves to people with more experience and fine-tipped markers, and many between those two extremes that work well with pencils and markers of all sizes. 9 x 11, designs printed on both sides of the page, 33 coloring pages, not perforated (Coming soon, 6 x 9 edition, printed on one side)

Coloring fun for the whole family! SwankyDoodleSandy coloring books have something for everyone: * Some sparse pages that will work well for young hands with crayons * Some busy pages for people with more experience, that might work best with fine-tipped paint pens * And many between those extremes that work well with pencils, markers, paint pens, and crayons 24 coloring pages, 8.5 x 11, printed on one side only, not perforated